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OCAD University

Toronto, Ontario

Welcome to the OCAD University Artist Showcase, where you can discover works available for rent or sale by current OCAD U students and recent graduates.

OCAD University is the largest and most comprehensive art, design and media university in Canada. The OCAD U Artist Showcase on Partial makes it simple to support the creative practices and careers of our artists and designers. Get a head start on viewing and collecting the incredible work produced by our top creative talent.

The emerging artists and designers featured on the OCAD U Artist Showcase have undergone a juried selection process. Noted for their standout skills and dedication, their work has been specifically chosen for this showcase.

Meet Our Artists

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Kiran Senthilnathan
OCAD U Feature Artist
Kiran Senthilnathan is a 22-year-old multidisciplinary artist currently pursuing a degree in Experimental Anim...
Nadia Da Silva
OCAD U Feature Artist
My work delves into themes of longing and otherness, navigating the intricate terrains of displacement, identi...
Connor Garito
OCAD U Feature Artist
Connor Garito is a multidisciplinary artist born in Mississauga, Canada currently a third year student at OCAD...
Shamika Pierre
OCAD U Feature Artist
My name is Shamika Pierre, and I am an illustrator based in Toronto. My work primarily utilizes inks, watercol...
Saruye s
OCAD U Feature Artist
I, an Iranian-Canadian woman, explore identity, diaspora, and duality through the tension between precision an...
Stephanie Camille
OCAD U Feature Artist
My name is Stephanie Camille, and I’m an artist based in the GTA. While I primarily work in oil painting, I...
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Featured Works

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Wild Bouquet
  • Montina Hussey
  • 24" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $650 buy
#baby room living room happy flowers group of seven kim dorland abstract landscape winter scene winter landscape
Bahman
  • Saruye s
  • 20" x 27.9"
  • $970 buy
#miniature #surreal #tangerine #figurative #persian
Emergence No. 3
  • Erika Nielsen
  • 6" x 6" x 3"
  • $425 buy
#minimalist #texture #abstract #monochrome #sculpture
Tangerine Mouse
  • Lorette C Luzajic
  • 7" x 7" x 1"
  • $150 buy
#tondos #small art #round art #mouse #anthropomorphic
The silence of the Mountain
  • Rexhep Bucinca
  • 23" x 35"
  • $3200 buy
#landscape #green #mountain
The Gardener and His Cat
  • Hakan Kamasik
  • 18" x 18"
  • $1700 buy
#contemporary #figurative #fantasy #colorist
Singing Bouquet
  • Diane Fine
  • 16" x 20"
  • $680 buy
#bouquet #acrylic #floral #depth #flowers
7:30am Train Ride
  • Mekayla Dionne
  • 36" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $1000 buy — $100 try
#abstract #indigenous #orange #pattern #pink
Memory landscape
  • Parastoo Mahmoudi
  • 16" x 20"
  • $980 buy
#shellac #abstract #encaustic #memories and landscape
Apothecary
  • Jamie Ly
  • 2.5" x 3"
#chinatown #chinese #san francisco
Frankly My Dear I Don't Give a Damn
  • Lorette C Luzajic
  • 12" x 12"
  • Unavailable
#square art #collage art #rhett butler #square foot art #small art
The First
  • Suzanne Tevlin
  • 60" x 40"
  • $8500 buy
#large mixed media works
Hide N Seek
  • Anne-Marie Olczak
  • 14" x 14" x 1.5"
  • $450 buy — $75 try
#abstract #blue #memory #games #play
Rollercoaster
  • Montina Hussey
  • 8" x 8" x 1.5"
  • Sold
#abstract rainbow rainbow painting fun metis indigenous kids room kid room baby room nursary expressionism pink blue pastels
✅ Acroches-coeurs.
  • Julien Poublanc
  • 36" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $1100 buy
#abstract shapes color blue
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Bear on a Treestump
Linda DeLuca
Latest News
September 2022

Career Launcher Recipient Kasra Goodarznezhad Wins EQ Bank's Emerging Digital Artist Award

The Emerging Digital Artists Award (EDAA) is Canada’s award for critical experimentation in digital media, proudly presented by EQ Bank and Trinity Square Video. Launched in 2015, the award celebrates the contributions of artists working exclusively in virtual space. Kasra Goodarznezhad was selected for his work Evolving Maps: A Collective Memory, 2022.

August 2022

Announcing the latest recipients of the Partial Artist Showcase.

Vridhhi Chaudhry, Sara Shoghi, Helio Eudoro, Kaspian Kondrat, Helen Tran, Grace Hotchkiss, Alessandra Singh, Anam Feerasta.

Announcing  Clara Kim as a recipient of the Slate Asset Management 2022 Career Launcher public art exhibit in the lobby of 2 St. Clair West.

We're excited to announce Irene Lee as the recipient of the Programs, Publications and Shop Assistant Career Launcher at Art Metropole ; a non-profit visual arts centre with a focus on contemporary art in formats predisposed to circulation and dissemination.

We're thrilled to announce the five new artists who will be working closely with NEO Exchange over the next year to create commissioned works of art to commemorate a new listing or a new fund on the NEO stock exchange.

Kristen Qing, Brian Jiang, Olivia Aguiar, Sara Shoghi, Trinity Leon

Congratulations to Tizzi Tan, Mina Nowzari and Briar Tawse-Smith on being the recipients of the Membership Career Launcher at Gallery 44 which is committed to programs that reflect the continuously changing definition of photography.

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